Reviews
It’s unbelievably fun. Stefan Zweig’s graceful way of expressing people’s many emotions draws me into this book.
Amok portrays human obsession and madness in language that is chillingly precise yet beautiful. It absorbs me so completely that I think of nothing else while reading. These are stories only Zweig could write!
I already owned editions of Confusion of Feelings and Chess from different publishers, so I hesitated, but the other stories I had never read persuaded me to buy this. I planned to skip Confusion of Feelings and start with a new story, but after a few lines I was amazed: I became so absorbed, as if reading it for the first time, that I finished it right there. The new translation flowed beautifully. Sentences and context I hadn’t understood in the earlier translation now made perfect sense. The
Stefan Zweig: Emotional confusion
Stefan Zweig captures, with a psychologist’s sharpness, the confused and intense emotions ordinary people feel when suddenly facing exceptional circumstances, and describes them in his delicate, flowing style. His stories draw readers in so powerfully that even a sensible reader can be swept into the characters’ frenzied passions and panic and unable to escape. This book deeply explores the human inner life, broadens our understanding of people, and showcases the essence of Zweig’s moving literature.
Korean title: 감정의 혼란
Korean author: 슈테판 츠바이크
Korean publisher: 하영북스
ISBN-13: 9791198650825
Reviews
It’s unbelievably fun. Stefan Zweig’s graceful way of expressing people’s many emotions draws me into this book.
Amok portrays human obsession and madness in language that is chillingly precise yet beautiful. It absorbs me so completely that I think of nothing else while reading. These are stories only Zweig could write!
I already owned editions of Confusion of Feelings and Chess from different publishers, so I hesitated, but the other stories I had never read persuaded me to buy this. I planned to skip Confusion of Feelings and start with a new story, but after a few lines I was amazed: I became so absorbed, as if reading it for the first time, that I finished it right there. The new translation flowed beautifully. Sentences and context I hadn’t understood in the earlier translation now made perfect sense. The
